Good News of the Month

Good News of the Month - Sanity Prevails 5-to-4 at the Supreme Court

By a margin of only one vote, the United States Navy won an important battle in the Supreme Court.  Environmental groups had successfully blocked submarine sonar training exercises through a lower court decision based on predictions of potential damage to sea mammals.  The Navy noted in testimony that there had not been “a single documented [...]

Good News – Charles J. Chaput: The outspoken Archbishop of Denver

No one doubts the official position of the Catholic Church on abortion, but since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision there has been a palpable silence among some Catholics, even members of the clergy, willing to publicly denounce the practice that has now claimed the life of 50 million innocent babies.  Poll after poll documents [...]

Good News of the Month

It’s a boy for the Hillmans!
LUCAS PATRICK HILLMAN was born August 19, 2008 to A Line of Sight contributing editor, Mark Hillman and his wife Heidi.  Congratulations!
Anbar Turned over to Iraqis
Virtually ignored by most of the mainstream media was the September 1, 2008 transfer of security responsibility for Anbar province to the Iraqi government marking [...]

Good News - America’s Olympic Athletes

As of this writing, the Olympic Games are only half complete.  Count me among those with serious reservations about the Chinese being granted the world’s greatest showcase for more than two weeks to flaunt their regime to the world.  Nonetheless, the 29th Olympiad has provided opportunity to demonstrate the quality and character of some of [...]

Good News of the Month: Some still love America

It has become very fashionable among the liberals to bash America.  All the world’s problems seem to have a common denominator – “blame America first.”  Even Michele Obama confessed that her husband becoming a Presidential contender was the “first time in my adult life I am proud of my country.”
Well, thankfully some people still think [...]

Good News for the Month – BLM to Move forward on Roan Leases

The Bureau of Land Management announced recently that they were moving forward to implement the cautiously restrictive resource development plan for the Roan Plateau in western Colorado estimated to contain 9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. 
We see that as Good News for at least four reasons. First, Colorado’s economy could use the boost from [...]

Good News for the Month – The Free Market System Still Works

Without attempting in this brief space to defend or attack the expansion of Medicare in 2003 to include prescription drug coverage, there is nonetheless evidence from the experience to demonstrate that the free market system has great benefits – yes, even when employed within a government run health care plan. 
Original monthly premium cost estimates for [...]

Good News for April – Muslims Converting to Christianity

There was considerable international media coverage when Pope Benedict XVI baptized Magdi Allam, a prominent Italian Muslim, during Easter Week services at the Vatican.  The symbolism and significance of such a high profile Muslim’s conversion was not lost on anyone. 
Allam, however, is hardly the first Muslim to embrace Christianity.  Joel Rossenberg, founder of the Joshua [...]

Good News of the Month: From Angelia Jolie – Can you believe it?

Can you believe it?  In December A Line of Sight gave our December Tip-of-the-Hat to Hollywood actress Julia Roberts for getting in the face of some paparazzi at her kids school.  Here we go again. 
Angelia Jolie in a guest editorial for the Washington Post offers her impressions after a recent trip to Iraq:
“My visit left [...]

Good News for the Month: Chalk up one for the Good Guys

You have to hand it to the Northglenn cops for being creative. On Valentine’s Day they took to the streets to “spread a little love” and nabbed 23 people with outstanding warrants for arrest.
‘Flower deliverymen’ arrest 23
Associated Press
February 15, 2008  
NORTHGLENN — Undercover police officers posing as flower deliverymen on Valentine’ Day arrested 23 people with [...]